Vibrating table



March 14, 1939. M ROGERS ET AL 2,150,519

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ATTORNEYS March 14, 1939. M ROGERS ET AL 2,150,519

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Patented Mar. 14, 1939 UNITED STATES PATEN- oFFicE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in vibrating tables and has particular reference to a table upon which a person rests and is then given a treatment of a. vibratory nature.

A further object is to produce'a device of this character which is adjustable to persons of different lengths, a table which is comfortable, and one wherein the person thereon is stretched during the vibratory period.

A further object is to produce a device of this character which is economical to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which. like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of our table;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the head rest and chin strap;

Fig. 4 is an and elevation partly in cross section of the ankle engaging members;

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detailed view of the means for stretching the ankles and by which the same may be longitudinally adjusted.

There are many bodily ailments in which it has been found beneficial to vibrate the body and to also stretch the body so as to increase the circulation in the pads between the vertebra.

- Applicants have, therefore, devised a table wherein persons of different lengths may readily be gentlystretched, and at the same time, while so stretched, have their entire body vibrated so as to increase the circulation to produce a beneflcial result.

In the accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of our invention, the numeral 5 designates a cabin-like table upon which is supported by springs 6, a top I. This top has placed thereon a series of pads 8 of any desired number, and it is upon these pads that the patient lies. The head pad and foot pad are cut away so asto allow for adjustable head and foot sections 9 and II respectively. The head section 9 is provided with a pair of uprights I2, which are joined with a chin strap l3. This head section is in turn carried on sliding bars l4 and has connected thereto a rod I8, (see Figs. 2 and 5) which rod enters a cylinder l1 and has a piston l8 connected thereto. The foot section II has a vertically adjustable ankle engaging clamp, comprising a lower section l9 and an upper section 2 I. This upper section 2! is connected to a rod 22, extending through the lower section and having teeth 23, which are engaged by a spring pawl 24. This foot section is also mounted on sliding rods 26 and has a rod 21 5 which enters a cylinder 28 and has a piston 29 connected thereto. The cylinders l1 and 28 are connected by pipes 3| to a hydraulic pressuredevice, to be hereinafter mentioned. Suspended below the table top I is a bracket 32, upon which a fly wheel 33 is mounted.- This fiy wheel has a counter-weight 34 and is driven by a belt 36 from a motor 31, mounted upon the cylinder 28. some of the pads 8 are mounted upon vertically movable sections 38 to which are connected pistons 39, mounted in cylinders 4i secured to the top I of the table. Hydraulic or air means may serve to lift the pistons 39, as will be hereinafter described. Any means may be employed for holding the foot and head sections in adjusted position, as for instance, a pivoted dog and ratchet arrangement, as shown in Fig. 6. At 42, we have shown adjustable arm engaging hooks, which are vertically and longitudinally adjustable, the purpose of which is obvious.

With the device constructed and assembled, as shown in the drawings, a patient lies upon the table with the hooks 42 engaging the arm pits and the head upon the head rest 9 and the strap 13 adjusted about the chin. The angles are now placed through the loops formed by the lower and upper ankle members 19 and 2|, after which the pistons l8 and 29 are actuated through the application of fiuid pressure, with the result that, the head section and the foot section are moved away from each other, thus stretching to a slight degree the spine of the patient. Other valves are now opened so that the pistons 39 on the various pads will exert upward pressure so as to raise the pads. to conform to the general contour of the body, 40 as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The motor 31 is now started, with the result that the fly wheel and its counterweight 34 will start to revolve; and as the counterweight is oficenter, a vibration will beset up through the bracket 32 to the table top I, mounted upon the springs 6. Therefore, the patient will have the entire body vibrated during the stretching period. The amount of pressure exerted in the stretching may be indicated on suitable dials, and a clock may also be provided for 5 accurately determining'the length of the treatment.

It is to be understood that the form of our invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size,

shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to withoiit departing from the spirit of the. invention or the scope oithe subioined claims.

Having thus described our inv ention, we claim:

1. In a device of the character described, a table, supporting springs mounted on said table, a table top mounted on said supporting springs, an adjustable head section and an adjustable foot section carried by said top, means for securing the head and ankles to said head and foot sections respectively, fluid pressure means for moving said head section and said foot section away from each other, and means for vibrating said table top comprising a motor driven counterweight capable of imparting vibratory action to said table top.

2. In a device 01' the character described. a

table, supporting springs mounted on opposite ends oi said table, a table top mounted on said supporting springs, an adjustable head section and an adjustable toot section carried by said top, means for securing the head and ankles to said I vibrating said table top, comprising a motor driven counterweight cooperatively associated l0 therewith, and vertically adjustable pads carried on said top, said pads having fluid pressure cylinders associated therewith to move the same into engagement with the body 01' the patient thereon to conform to the general contour oi the 15 body.

MACK ROGERS. JOHN ROGERS. 

